Trace-carrier



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN G. MILLER, OF

cI-IAMrAIeN, ILLINOIS.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,235, dated April4 8, 1890.

Application filed April 26, 1889.

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN G. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chain4 paign, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trace-Carriers, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to a trace-carrier for harness which shall be simple in construction and operation and Which is capable of being applied either to the back-strap or to the hipst-rap of the harness, and which is adapted to securely retain the traces against accidental removal, while at the same time they may be easily taken ont when desired.

In thefdrawings, Figure l is a plan View, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, of my improved trace-carrier applied to the back-strap of the harness.

-In the drawings, A represents the backstrap, B the Crapper-strap, and C the flap connecting the back-strap and the crupperstrap together, and serving as a guard to prevent contact ofthe trace-carrierwith theback of the horse.`

D is an arched bar, which may have its ends riveted, respectively, to the back-strap and crupper-strap when' the carrier is to be connected to those parts.

d d represent studs, which are formed integrally with the arched bar D and proj eoted downwardly therefrom, preferably on a level with the top of the back-strap and crupperstrap, and terminating in the flanged heads d df, whereby there is left a space between the under faces of said heads and the flap O suiiicient for the passage Of the cockeyes E when the parts are in their normal position. When it is desired to suspend the traces, the coekeyes are forced between the heads d and the iiap O, which is readily done because of the yielding charac-ter of the latter, and then the cockeye, by being turned slightly, can be slipped over said heads, and the Weight Of the trace Will draw it back, so that the flanged heads Will sust-ain the Outer end Of the eockeye, as clearly indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l. If desired, this arched bar may be constructed with only a single stud, and when so formed one may be applied to each of the hip-straps or to other portions of the harness.

It is not essential that the hipstrap and crupper-strap be separately made, for it' inade integrally they may be Inade to take the place of the tlap O.

I claim- Y A trace-carrier consisting of a single bar having an upwardly-arched central portion and perforated ends to adapt it to be riveted to the harness-straps, and having an integral stud projecting from the underside of the arched portion and terminating in a iianged head, substantially as described.

JOHN G. MILLER.

Vtnesses:

F. BAKEN, JOHN R. FISHER, JACOB BUCH. 

